EARSC News
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The GeoInformation Group Announces Urban 3D Building Blocks Database
- July 9, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
No CommentsThe GeoInformation® Group, publishers of Cities Revealed aerial photography (www.citiesrevealed.com), announce today the commercial availability of the UK’s first 3D Building Blocks database.
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PCI Geomatics Beijing
- July 9, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
July 9, 2008: PCI Geomatics®, a world leading developer of software and solutions for geospatial imaging applications, is pleased to announce plans to launch a new international office in Beijing, China.
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India And France Joint Working Group Meet To Discuss Space
- July 9, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
The Joint Working Group of the Indian Space Research Organisation and the French Space Agency Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) has reviewed the progress of ongoing collaborative programmes at a meeting held in Goa on July 5-6.
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G8 statement on climate change and environment
- July 8, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
The leaders of the G8 rich nations have agreed to adopt a goal of at least halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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EUMETSAT agrees to provide data for GMES
- July 4, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
During its 64th Council meeting on 1-2 July, EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, agreed to provide its data and products for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative.
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Extended relief work thanks to Earth Observation
- July 4, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
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GEO Issues Call for Participation in GEOSS Pilot
- July 3, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
WAYLAND, Mass.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) announced that a Call for Participation (CFP) in Phase 2 of the GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems) Architecture Implementation Pilot (AIP) has been issued by the GEO (Group on Earth Observations).
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Expert Group for the follow-up of the research aspects of the revised Lisbon strategy (LEG)
- June 30, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
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Keeping an eye on water use… from space!
- June 27, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: EARSC News, Internationalization
As food shortage weighs heavily on the minds of many, several countries recognise the key role irrigation can play in this issue. A team of EU-funded researchers teamed up to assess how the latest satellite imagery can be applied not only to make water use more efficient, but also to boost farming output in the process.
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Enhancing Public Health Research: Interoperability Standards For Earth Observation Systems
- June 26, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: EARSC News, Internationalization
Relying on interoperability standards, Earth Observation Systems use meteorological data to predict outbreak of diseases, and have potential to prevent countless illnesses and deaths.